Top Line Summary

  • The maniacal process of taking and saving penalties
  • No need to apologise to teammates
  • Career set for a grandstand finish
  • Taking another penalty in the Scottish Cup final, if required

Everything that Joe Hart said to the media after Celtic's Scottish Cup semi-final penalty shootout win over Aberdeen at Hampden Park...

Do you always feel that you are going to save a penalty?

I always do feel I am going to save one. I am a maniac when it comes to penalties. I always feel that I am going to save every penalty, I feel I am going to score every penalty. I don't and I didn't but luckily our penalties were top quality and it allowed me enough time to make the right decision.

Did you say sorry to your teammates?

Not really. They believe in me and to have the confidence and courage to take the penalty in that moment. I have always said that will be me and yeah, unfortunate.

How do you feel about setting up your career for a grandstand finish?

All season I have wanted to be a part of everything and wanted to put myself forward. It was disappointing when we went out to Kilmarnock in the League Cup but other than that we have stayed right in the competitions that we can bar the Champions League and we are going right to the wire potentially in the league and we have a date at the end of the season. We are in a good spot, we need to keep our focus. We will have a good training week coming up before we focus on Dundee.

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Were you always going to take a penalty and have you taken one before?

I've got a process. I was put forward and I was committed to my penalty. I just missed it. I fully back myself, my team backs me, and my manager backs me. I would put my name forward again. I just pulled it too much. For once it paid off being a goalkeeper and I was able to try to reprieve myself. I have taken them in Under-21s tournament, I have taken them in plenty of pre-season games.I believe that I am a good penalty taker and I am gutted I didn't score today but we got the win.

Will you take one in the final, if required?

100 per cent. I always put myself forward. You need people with clarity of mind and people who are confident in what they are doing. That's me, that sums me up as a player, I always put myself on the line but sometimes I miss. I fully believed., I went through my process. I missed. We move on.

What was the game like to be involved in?

It was pretty wild, we just couldn't put the game to bed but our penalties, bar mine, we were exceptional. I managed to save one.